00:00These are the live images at this moment. We are watching hospitals also where people are asking for the attention.
00:10This is in Choco. Let's recall that this was the epicenter of the tragedy of this seismic old event.
00:17As we are watching the authorities already deployed, the healthcare personnel is assessing the damage to the population affected to
00:25this region.
00:27Also, we are watching images from the affections in Choco. We are watching that there were worse felt very strongly
00:38causing damage to houses,
00:40causing damage also to buildings because this was a 7.4 magnitude earthquake that struck Colombia in the early hours
00:49of the morning.
00:50These are images from the epicenter of the tragedy where it was felt the 7.4 earthquake.
00:58We are watching the people going out of their houses. We are watching people also assessing the damage in the
01:06collapsed structures.
01:08We are watching the neighbors mobilizing to start looking for survivors, to start looking for the people.
01:16We are watching the real extent of the damage, but it will need to be assessed by the local authorities
01:23so they can also express the whole affection of the earthquake.
01:37And as we were watching throughout the region, authorities are beginning to assess to the population throughout their social media
01:49platforms.
01:50We were watching also that the governor of the department of Choco report throughout her ex-account that in the
01:59department of Choco this was experienced,
02:03this city's earthquake that they are concerned about aftershocks. Even though the epicenter was in San Jose del Palmar, there
02:12are injuries and also significant damage to buildings in the capital of Quiddo.
02:17The governor expressed that they are currently assessing damage in order to issue the first official report.
02:30Also, statements inform that and reports indicate that significant damage to a medical center in Cali following the earthquake that
02:39struck this Monday morning.
02:41The preliminary reports show damage to the facility. Authorities and emergency services are currently assessing the damage to determine the
02:50extent of the home and whether anyone has been injured.
02:55Also, the president of Colombia has also offered statements throughout his ex-account that following the magnitude 7.4 earthquake
03:11in Colombia posted a statement on ex-regarding the emergency in San Jose del Palmar, the Choco department.
03:18Del Espriera stated that he has assumed direct oversight of the situation, ordering the establishment of a unified command post
03:27and announcing plans to travel to Pereira.
03:29In his social media message, the president elected noted that he requested a detailed situation report from disaster risk management
03:38officials regarding immediate needs in the affected areas.
03:42And also, Del Espriera added that the government agencies are responding to emergency as assessment of the impact continue across
03:50the region.
03:51As we are watching, these are images of Choco after this powerful 7.4 magnitude struck the country at 8
04:02.34 a.m. local time.
04:06We are watching images of the upper part of Cali where we can see right now the affection of this
04:15powerful magnitude earthquake that was felt across several parts of the country.
04:22Not only in Cali, also in Bogota was felt, also in Medellin was felt in the department of Choco where
04:30it was the epicenter of this tragedy.
04:32We are watching at this moment these images of collapsed structures, collapsed buildings, partially collapsed of houses.
04:42We are watching debris already in the streets where buildings have collapsed.
04:48We are watching the people evacuating as clouds of dust are spread throughout the region.
04:56And then, of course, after this powerful earthquake was felt across the region.
05:02These are images from the city of Pereira, where there is also report to affection in several facilities, in several
05:14parts of the region.
05:17As this powerful earthquake was felt throughout several cities.
05:28And according to the civil aviation, throughout his ex-account said that the first official report damage has been reported
05:35at the airports of Pereira, Manizales, Quibdo, Armenia, Cartago and Buenaventura.
05:41The civil aviation informed that for safety reasons, air operations at these terminals remain suspended until structural damage to the
05:51infrastructure is assessed.
05:54These are statements from the civil aviation of Colombia expressing the affection to several airports as we are watching this
06:02in Quibdo.
06:03The airport of Quibdo, the airport of Quibdo, where the infrastructure suffered several damages.
06:09We are watching the people outside the facilities.
06:12We are watching also debris in the debris also next to the infrastructure, meaning that the infrastructure was also affected.
06:25As authorities are reviewing at this moment, the real affection throughout several parts.
06:30According to the civil aviation reports, the civil aviation reports that the damages in several buildings.
06:37So there are disruptions expected to travelers and also nationals that are going to travel not only inside the country,
06:46but also international travels as they need to address the real extent of the damage.
06:59According to our correspondent in Colombia, 20 buildings have collapsed in Cali.
07:05Alejandro Eder, the city's mayor, requests assistance from Bogotá's emergency response agencies.
07:12This is information from our correspondent, let's also repeat this information from our correspondent, 20 buildings affected in the city.
07:32And also, as we were watching right now, this is 7.4 magnitude of the earthquake that struck the country.
07:39These are images from the airport of Quibdo.
07:42According to the civil aviation, several airports have reported damage to their structures as there are disruptions to be expected
07:51in the coming days and in the coming hours to all the travelers, to all the clients of the civil
07:58aviation of Colombia.
08:01Let's recall that 20 buildings have collapsed in Cali, as the information from our correspondent in Colombia says.
08:11The city's mayor, Alejandro Eder, who is requesting right now assistance from Bogotá's emergency response agencies.
08:19Also, according to the Colombian maritime authority, there is no threat of a tsunami at this moment to the Colombian
08:27Pacific coast following the 7.4 magnitude earthquake that struck at 7.34 AM, 20 kilometers from San Jose del
08:37Palmar in Choco.
08:38Let's recall, this is information from the Colombian maritime authority, informing that there is no threat of tsunami to the
08:47Colombian Pacific coast following the 7.4
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